Princeton Community Middle School

Set in Cincinnati, Ohio, Princeton Community Middle School is a sprawling junior high, operated by Princeton City. It instructs 1,332 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 176% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Across the 11 schools in Princeton City (5,927 students total), Princeton Community Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Princeton Community Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic, 14% White, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hamilton County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Princeton Community Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.7%; actual is 52.9%, a gap of -10.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hamilton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,470 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Princeton Community Middle School is one of 212 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students).

The closest other public school is Princeton High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Princeton Community Middle School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 1,390 students in 2018 compared to 1,332 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 21% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Princeton Community Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.